Sanitary drinking-fountain.



J. GOEBEL.

SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1910.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Inventar l Jblw Goebel By his Attorney` Nuumunummw.

UNrrEi) srnliss rnujENr OFFICE.

Jox-IN eoEBEL, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssiGNoR` 'ro JosEPH H. JASPER. AND JoHN eoEBEL, eoivrPosINe THE FIRM or JAsPER a GoEBEL, 0E NEW YORK, N vin A SANITARY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.'

To all whofm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GOEBEL, a eiti zen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New lYork, have invented a certa-in new and useful Sanitary Drinking-Fountain, of which the following is a specification.

For a number of'years past, and particularlysince the reasons for the spread of contagious diseaseslias been established, numerous efforts have been made whereby the 4,drinking of ,water and'other potable liquids in publicv laces might be accomplished without exposing the drinker to those forms of bacterial diseases communicable through the TlieV ordinary drinking cup cometc., has been frequently pointed out as one of the most common surces of diseases oil ailments of the character under consideration, and special efforts have been made with i a view to entirely *dispensing with its einployment. Among the devices which have .been used to quite a considerable extent is a drinking fountain involving a movable nozzle, upon the depression of which a small stream' of waterb is allowed to flow in such manner that it may be taken directly intoa persons mouth,-'thereby ldispensing with a drinking cup. The devices of this cliarac ter, however, so far as I am aware, are of such construct-ion as to permit the lips or inout-h of the user to .come into contact with the nozzle from' which the water issues, thereby constituting a source of contagion.

The object of the present invention is to rovide a drinking fountain from which a )et of Water may be directed into the mouth and "yet absolutely preclude the lips or mouth Aof the person drinking therefrom from cont'aeting'witli the nozzle from -wliih the j'et issues.'

With this objectl-ni view, one important feature of the invention consists of a guard extending above the nozzle to such extent :is

. to preclude the lips or mouth of the drinker touching or contacting therewith.

Another feature of the invention consists of means, separate from the guard, for

controlling the outlet from the nozzle. p l Other novel features embodied in the new type of fountainwill be apparent from the Hereinafter detailed' description and ap- 'andnt' asdefining the limits of theinven 1 In the accompanyin drawings I have illustrated one practica? enibodiment'of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to be understood as illustrative, only,

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Figure 1 is a vertical section through a sanitary drinking` fountain embodyin 'my new invention. (ig. 2 is a horizonte section on the' line 2 2 of lFig. l. j

A designatesa base, B a 'hollow column, C a nozzle, D a protecting guard, E a valve, E a'valve stem, G an operating handle, and H 'a coiled s ring, the detailed construction of which wi lnow be described.

Base, A, is rovided with a valve chamber, a, in whie :is positioned valve, E. At they lowerpart of the base is a threaded opening, a', whereby the fountain may.. be attached toa pipe adapted toconvey liquid to said fountain. The base is provided, further-more, with vregistering ports, a2, one of which is in communication with .valve chamber, a, and the other with opening, a. Intermediate these ortsgis a cut off, I, having a port, z', adapte to register withy ports, a?, for the purpose of re ulating the flow' of liquid into valve cham r, a.

.I designates a plug which is screwed into the male thread 'at the upper part of valve chamber, a, the lower face of said plug, J, -forining a seat for a washer, '0, of the valve, ll. Column, B,v is provided at its lower end with a femalewthread which is screwed u on a male tlireadecliipper part of plug, J', t ius 'attaching thecelumn firmly to base, A. .Said column is provided with longitudinal slots, b, nearits upper part, and upon'the upper part of said column is secured a cap, o, to which is rigidly fastened stationary nozzle, C, the latter haring a longitudinal passage, e', which constitutes an inlet for theliquid iet adapted to he supplied through the dri liking fountain when valve, E, is opened. 100

,Saul nozzle is provided with a sleeve, 02,

which extends downwardly into the upper part of eoluinn, l, and within saidktensionrag, of the stationary nozzle is slidably J fitted the upper part of valve stem',- E. Said 105 valve stem passes loosely through plug, J, glaiid,".V, and column, B, so that the u er 'part of the valve stem fits slidably wit in.y extension, c2, of the nozzle, 'whereby the -valve' stem is fitted slidably within 4the plug, 11(

' nozzle, and at the lower end of said valvev is fitted in the slotted column for sliding.' The valve stem, thel handle and the valve are raised by the action movement therein.

il', and nozzle, C. The valve 4stem is hollow or tubular so that its liquid passage will communicate with jet passage, c', ofthe stem are provided. ports, e', when open radially through the wallsof the valve stem and are ositioned above washer, c, ofJ the valve, w ereby said ports', e', are adapted to communicatewith valve chamber, a, when the' valve stem and vthe `valve are depressed,

. thus establishing a passage-way for the liq uid to dow` from the valve chamber, a, throughl ports, c', into valve stem, fE, and thrculgh said valve stem-into passage, c', of the nozzle. 1 I. l 4

Handle, G, is shown as a substantiall horizontal bar extending loosely throng j slots, l5, of column, B, and attached rigidly to valve stem, E', whereby said valve -stem ismovable with the handle, .and said handle of coiledsprin H, which loosely encircles the tubularva ve stem and is adapted to press against the underside of handle, G.

rlhe lower end of said spring is seated upon gland, J', which is screwed into' a female thread provided within plug, J, said plug having a chamber, j, within'fwhich is dis-. posed a packing, j. The gland 1sadjust- -able within' the plug for the purpose of compressing the packi and securing a tight joint around the va ve stem and within the plug, thus precluding the leakage of liquid fromvalve chamber, a, into hollow column, B. lf desired, the upper part of the tubular valve stem may [have a, packing around that part of the valve stem which is zle, thereby precludin slidably fitted in extension, c2, of the noz* leakage of the liquid from the lower part o the nozzle.

Hollow column, B, is provided at its lower v part with one or more drain holes, b', through which is adapted to escape any liquid which.

ma accumulate within the column.

uard, D, is represented as a r1ng occupying a horizontal plane some ,distance above the outlet from stationarynozzle, C. As

shown, 'said guard ring is provided with downwardly curved arms, d, which `converge toward cap, c, and are, preferably, made inteal with said'cap. y f

yrom the foregolng description it will be observedthat nozzle, C, and the protecting guard voccupy stationary positions on column, Bg that the operating member, G, and the valve are movable independently of the noz.-

zle andthe guard, and that the tubularv valve stem 4is fitted slidably in a part of saidv nozzle so that the valve stem may have. movement` relative to said nozzle. l.

- ln the operation of the device, valve, E, is held in a closed .position-against plu, J, by the action of spring, H, the latter li ing chamber, a, through ports,

what I claim aS new,

"lar valve stem reciprocating with ema-ia the tubular valve stem and the handle.

When it is desired to drink from the founthe person rests the chin `upon guard tain ring", D, and presses downwardly upon handle, G. The downward movement of the 4handle compresses spring, H, and lowers liquid may be controlled or regulated, more or less, by'adjusting the cut-off valve, Lin the base of the drinking fountain.

I attach a special importance tothe emvv ploym'ent of guard ring, D, Velevated a on- When the pressiderable distance above the outlet of nozzle,

C, said outlet and the stationary position on t upon the guard ring,-it is not possible for the lips or mouth to come into-' contactv with the' nozzle, thereby preclud'ing dissemination of disease germs from the drinking fountain.

uard 4occupying a e column, for the reason that lwhenthe drinker places the chin j Having thus fully described the invention, l

j and desire to-secureiby Letters 'Patent is:

lsln a drinking fountain, a stationary nozzle, a guard positioned adjacent tothe v nozzle, a tubular valve stem reci roc'ating with respect to the nozzle and a apted to supply l1quid thereto, a valve on said valve stennand means independent of the nozzle foroperating said valve stem.

2. In a drinking fountain, a stationary I nozzle, a protecting guard extending around and beyond the outlet ofthe nozzle, a tubuthe nozzle andy adapted to supply liquid thereto, a valve chamber, a Valve in said chamber, and means inde endent of the nozzle for operating said va Ve and valve stem.

8. 'In a drinking fountain, a stationar nozzle, a protecting guard vpositioned a jacent to the nozzle,- a valve chamber, a valve in said chamber, a tubular valve stem cooperating with the nozzle and valve and adaptedto supply liquid to the nozzle, inlet ports' in ,said valve stem, tension means indpendent of the nozzle for normally cutting o the flow Vof water by closing said valve, and -separate means for actuatmg the stem and `lvalveagalnst the tension means, Where? by the valve is adapted to be opened.

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respect to 4. Ina drinking fountain, a base, `a`hollow 4 column thereon, a cap on said column, a

`nozzle rigidly attached to the cap, a valve 1n said base, a tubular reciprocable valve Stem coperating with the valve and lthe fixed nozzle, and means on said Valve stem for controllingthe flow of water through the nozzle.

5. In a drinking fountain, a baseprovided l VWith a threaded opening, a vvalve chamber, and a port connecting'said threaded openinr and valve chamber, a plug on said base, a hollow valve stem extending to said nozzle and slidably mounted within said plug, ports Within said valve stem, a valvevon said stem,

and means independent oit' the 'nozzle for pllacin said valve under tension and controlling t e flow of liquid through' the valve A stem.

6. In a drinking'fountain, a base provided with a threaded opening, a valve chamber, and a port connecting said threaded opening and valve chamber, a column mounted on said base, said column supporting a station- 'ary nozzle and a protectinul guard adjacenty mounted on said base, said column support ing a stationary nozzle and a protecting' guard, a hollow valve stem slidab'ly mounted Within said column, sa1d valve stem havmg ,a valve at its lower end positioned Within the valve chamber, the upper end of said stem being slidably mounted within said nozzle, Said valve stem being. provided .with ports, and means mounted on said valve stem for controlling the admission ot' fluid through the valve chamber and the valve stem to the nozzle.

8. In a drinking fountain, a base provided with a valve chamber, a vertical column mounted on said base, said column supporting a stationary nozzle and a protecting guard, a hollow valve stem slidabl mounted within said column and the nozz e, a valve on said valve stem and within the valve chamber, a gland within S'aid column and around the valve stem, a handle attached to said valve stem and 4positioned below the nozzle, and a spring on saidvalve stem, said spring being intermediate said handle and gland. n A

9. In a drinkinv fountain, a column, 'a

stationary nozzle tiereon, a guard adjacent to the nozzle, a tubular stem slidable with I respect to the nozzle and adapted to supply liquid thereto, a handle fixed to the stein and adapted to'depress the same, a valve controllable by the movement of the stem, and means for. normally closing the valve.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN GOEBEL. 'lrVitnesses .l

H. I. BERNHARD, M. C. POWELL. 

